Newburgh
Newburgh is a royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland, at the south shore of the Firth of Tay. The town has a population of 2,171, which constitutes a 10% increase since 1901 when the population was counted at 1,904 persons.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 2,040 residents
- Description: town in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Newburgh, Fife”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lindores Abbey and Mugdrum Island.
Lindores Abbey
Photo: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lindores Abbey was a Tironensian abbey on the outskirts of Newburgh in Fife, Scotland. Now a reduced ruin, it lies on the southern banks of the River Tay, about 1-mile north of the village of Lindores and is a scheduled monument.
Mugdrum Island
Island
Photo: A A Lang, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mugdrum Island lies in the Firth of Tay on the east coast of Scotland, opposite the town of Newburgh in Fife. It is low-lying and reedy, and covers an area of 55.7 acres.
MacDuff’s Cross
Wayside cross
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
MacDuff's Cross, also known as the Cross of MacDuff or Ninewells, is the remains of an ancient white sandstone monument, located on a historic site between Lindores and Newburgh in Fife, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lindores and Cottown.
Lindores
Village
Lindores is a small village in Fife, Scotland, in the parish of Abdie, about 2 miles south-east of Newburgh. It is situated on the north-east shore of Lindores Loch, a 44 ha freshwater loch. Lindores is situated 2 miles southeast of Newburgh.
Cottown
Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cottown is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, east of the village of St.Madoes and approximately 8 miles east of Perth. This area is in the Carse of Gowrie, and Cottown sits on a bank a rich alluvial soil to the north of the Firth of Tay between Perth and Dundee. Cottown is situated 2½ miles northwest of Newburgh.
Errol
Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Errol is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, about halfway between Dundee and Perth. It is one of the principal settlements of the Carse of Gowrie. Errol is situated 3 miles north of Newburgh.
Newburgh
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.351° or 56° 21′ 4″ northLongitude
-3.2376° or 3° 14′ 15″ westPopulation
2,040Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB NBUOpen location code
9C8R9Q26+CXOpenStreetMap ID
node 29621676OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Newburgh” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Newburgh”
- Basque: “Newburgh”
- Cebuano: “Newburgh”
- Chinese: “纽堡”
- Dutch: “Newburgh”
- French: “Newburgh”
- German: “Newburgh”
- Irish: “Am Borgh Ùr”
- Italian: “Newburgh”
- Japanese: “ニューバーグ (スコットランド)”
- Persian: “نیوبر، فایف”
- Persian: “نیوبر”
- Russian: “Ньюбург”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Am Borgh Ùr”
- Spanish: “Newburgh”
- Swedish: “Newburgh, Fife”
- Swedish: “Newburgh”
- Welsh: “Newburgh, Fife”
- Welsh: “Newburgh”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Newburgh Town Hall and Newburgh Heritage Centre.
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